high expectations
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- demandingRequiring great effort
- pressureForce upon contact
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
anticipation · lofty · aspirations · potential · disappointment · achieve · excel · driven · goals · striving · burden · pushy · overachiever · bar · reach · promise · hopes · challenge
level of anticipated standards
high expectationslow expectations
Anticipating poor outcomes
low bar · undemanding · settling for less · permissiveness · indifference
emotional/psychological orientation
high expectationspessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
defeatism · hopelessness · resignation · cynicism · doubt